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<pabs3>stikonas: deb.debian.org supports TLS now btw
<pabs3>ftp.*.d.o do not and won't, but the individual mirrors behind them might
<matrix_bridge><cosinusoidally> distributing packages/source code over http is fine. All that really matters is a gpg signature (like the Release.gpg on debian repos).
<matrix_bridge><cosinusoidally> though if you can sniff http traffic to a debian mirror you can probably figure out what vulns a user is currently vunlerable to.
<matrix_bridge><cosinusoidally> (until they retrieve the update from the repo)
<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> sometimes you might be able to figure it out with https too
<matrix_bridge><Andrius Štikonas> just by looking at download sizes
<fossy>ok, merging simplify & co tonight...
<fossy>may be a few teething issues that i haven't identified.. but should be mostly?? good
<oriansj>cosinusoidally: well offline file transfer can limit that to a degree; USB protocols and the like however present some problems